Profast Group Sale To Steelmasters

Profast Pty Ltd and Profast (WA) Pty Ltd have joined the Steelmasters Group of companies.

The Steelmasters Group based in Auckland New Zealand, is a privately owned company that encompasses four Steelmasters branches in New Zealand and six Boltmasters branches in Australia.

Profast Group Founder and former Managing Director Trevor Brown will be transitioning into retirement over the coming months whilst still consulting to the group on a part time basis.

Profast Group’s Brisbane Head Office and Perth branches, will continue on business as usual with no changes to customer accounts, products or staffing, and will still be provide the same high quality products with the outstanding level of service and expertise they are known for. 

Moving forward, Profast expects to see great benefits for their customers from the new group including a much larger distribution footprint for the Profast range of industrial fasteners and tooling.

With Boltmasters branches in Melbourne, Brisbane, Rockhampton, Emerald, Townsville and Cairns, customers will have the option to purchase the Profast range from their local branch while being confident they have the expertise and backing from both Profast and Boltmasters.  In addition, Profast customers will also have access to Boltmasters’ extensive range of nuts, bolts, screws and other fasteners through the Boltmasters network.

Ben Ready
Ben Ready founded MBA News in 2014 and is the Managing Editor. He is a former business and finance journalist with Australian Associated Press (AAP) and Dow Jones Newswires in London. Ben completed his MBA in 2012 and was awarded the QUT GMAA Entrepreneurship Prize. He is also the founder and Managing Director of RGC Media & Mktng (rgcmm.com.au).